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AJAXNETPHOTO - SAILING - HISTORY - FASTNET RACE 1977 -
ON BOARD CONDOR - SHE WAS THE FIRST MAXI YACHT TO SAIL WITH A CARBON FIBRE MAST FOR WHICH THE FASTNET WAS A TRIAL - THE MAST DISINTIGRATED DURING THE FIRST LEG OF THE WHITBREAD RACE A MONTH LATER.
PHOTO : JONATHAN EASTLAND / AJAX